Nana Patekar takes over Philadelphia

Nana Patekar takes over Philadelphia

With entrepreneurs, dabbawalas, politicians, actors and playback legends, the Brihan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM) convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held over the extended July 4 weekend, had something for everyone:

Nana Patekar takes over Philadelphia

"We have more than 5,200 people at the convention, and we have activities spread across four days," said Jagdish Vasudev, a long time member of the Brihan Maharashtra Mandal and chair of the fund-raising committee.

Nearly half the guests came from the Eastern states in America and Canada, but the organisers were convinced that they had people from practically every state and province. There were about 100 people from India, including a state cabinet minister, drama artists and Marathi ghazal singer Bhimrao Panchale.